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Comment · 1 month ago
I find that increments of 1C are too small to be useful in daily life but increments of 5C are quite big. As a result, you can't really round degrees Celsius to a multiple of 5 whereas full precision integer temperatures are too precise. So for example 15C and 17C feel like different temperatures, but each 1C step from 15C to 16C to 17C is not really useful.

In contrast, it's very reasonable to round temperature to increments of 5 degrees Fahrenheit. So for example 58F and 60F are basically the same temperature as far as my perception is concerned.

Comment · 9 months ago
Do you know if running causes a person to have more or less heartbeats in a given time span? I'm not particularly medically knowledgeable and not sure.
Comment · 10 months ago
Outside of distance learning - I think computers are very rarely used for CS exams in my, albeit dated, experience.
Comment · 1 year ago
I've generally had good experiences with the various compressed X11-like tools. One example is x2go, but there are a few.
Comment · 1 year ago
As someone who lives in a city, I'm not sure what I'd do with a car that is smaller than a tank. If it's a small car then it's probably for local trips and super inconvenient to park / re-park / etc. I want a big car to comfortably fit my family, our outdoor toys, and maybe even tow something.

Even if I lived outside a city, what do I gain by driving a smaller car? Going from 35 to 55 mpg? Parking is plentiful and equally convenient for big cars these days.

Comment · 1 year ago
I think this person wants a space between Fizz and Buzz.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Assuming this is post-Obamacare, do you know why your insurance didn't cover it? I had this simplified model that insurance covers everything once you hit maximum out of pocket and I'd love to learn how that model breaks down in practice.
Comment · 2 years ago
You cam just ignore the Zone 2 advice as a relatively new runner. It's more useful when you're running high mileage.
Comment · 2 years ago
Do you know what percentage of after tax income people paid fir this? I'm curious how other compares to today's services.
Comment · 2 years ago
Is a 30 minute commute that bad? I feel like a lot of people mindlessly browse for 60 minutes a day at home. You could do that on your commute instead of at home and get housework done at home.
Comment · 2 years ago
This was a professor at UCLA.
Comment · 2 years ago
> People don't work in university research for the pay, it's garbage, I assure you.

It's pretty good in the US. I just looked up a randomly chosen assistant professor at a public university and they make $200k. I only looked up one person's salary so this isn't cherry picked.

I'm not saying that they're in it for the money. I'm only disagreeing with the part where you said that the pay is garbage.

It's not an infinite amount of money and it's less than industry, but it seems not garbage considering job prestige, job benefits, etc.

Comment · 3 years ago
I highly recommend store brand soy milk, and tofu for that matter, if it's available in your area. It shouldn't require any additional ingredients to tatse good.
Comment · 3 years ago
I spend virtually no time tinkering with my personal computer, but I did get one with Linux pre-installed.

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